[xquery-talk] Constructing namespace nodes

[Michael Kay]

> Perhaps the solution is for the spec to finally deal with this. For 
> example, (a) allow documents to declare that namespaces are used in 
> content and (b) allow processors to modify any prefixes it finds in 
> content.
>

Better still (and even more wishfully-thinkingly), get rid of 
context-dependent namespace prefixes entirely.

Michael Kay
Saxonica